He’s Dead Jim! OK it’s not because it has the word “dead” in it, however undesirable, there are plenty of other words in the same boat such as deadpan, deadend, that don’t offend. No it’s not that as such. It’s also not because some people would like you to interpret the word literally. The word…

There are human traits which can lead us to bite off more than we can chew, to overcommit. Optimism-bias We tend to underestimate the amount of effort and/or time it will take to accomplish something. Desire to please or impress We like to tell people what they want to hear and deliver on our promises…